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The Duke of Naxos: Of the House of Nasi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roth, Cecil, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, Read ong>theong> story of Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos, Lord of Tiberias, a heroic leader who profoundly affected ong>theong> history of sixteenth-century Jews of Eastern Europe. A biography based on meticulous research, a study of human character and ong>theong> effect of a hero upon his age.

Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelsay, John, PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox Press, This book explores questions regarding ong>theong> justice of war and addresses ong>theong> lack of comparative perspectives on ong>theong> ethics of war, particularly with respect to Islam. John Kelsay begins with ong>theong> war in ong>theong> Persian Gulf, focusing on ong>theong> role of Islamic symbols in ong>theong> rhetoric of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He provides an overview of ong>theong> Islamic tradition in regards to war and peace, and ong>theong>n focuses on ong>theong> notion of religion as a just cause for war.

Prayers for the Breaking of Bread: Meditations on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Driscoll, Herbert, PUBLISHER: Cowley Publications, In this volume O'Driscoll presents all of ong>theong> collects of ong>theong> church year according to ong>Theong> Book of Common Prayer, and offers a brief meditation on each. Recommended for daily devotions, study groups, and as a clergy resource.

Sole Survivor

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Forster, David, PUBLISHER: Dales Large Print Books, Steve Yarborough was ong>theong> sole survivor of an attack on a wagon train by a band of renegade outlaws. He takes on ong>theong> job of sheriff, with a mission to rid ong>theong> territory of ong>theong> outlaws.

Atlas of the Living Resorces of the Sea.

Atlas of ong>theong> Living Resorces of ong>theong> Sea. FAO Fisheries Department. Published by Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome () Used Hardcover. 24 pages of text Plus many full page coloured charts. Large oblong format blue cloth. Shows ong>theong> distribution of ong>theong> principle resources of ong>theong> sea. 1st published in , this is ong>theong> revised and expanded edition to include resent information on fishery resources. Euro 40

Disco 33 giri Bob Atcher: songs of the saddle

Disco vinile del : traditional cowboy songs: home on ong>theong> range / red river valley / ong>theong> strawberry roan / little joe ong>theong> wrangler / bury me not on ong>theong> lone prairie / ong>theong> cowboy's dream / I've no use for ong>theong> women / ong>theong> old chisholm trail. Columbia records HL

Poverty and Economic Reforms: The Social Concerns

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aurora, G., PUBLISHER: Academic Foundation, Based on research carried out in a few villages in South India, this book's chief concern was to examine ong>theong> impact of ong>theong> economic reforms on ong>theong> poor with a focus on levels and intensity of poverty, social dimensions of deprivation, food security, and ong>theong> role of MNCs.

The Sinking of the Princess Sophia: Taking the North Down

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coates, Ken / Morrison, William, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, On October , ong>theong> Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run of ong>theong> season to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. A storm rose and at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but ong>theong> storm worsened and ong>theong>y were forced to take shelter ong>theong>mselves. By ong>theong> following morning, ong>theong> Princess Sophia had sunk to ong>theong> bottom of ong>theong> Lynn Canal, taking all of its passengers--a significant cross-section of ong>theong> population of ong>theong> Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examines ong>theong> impact of this loss on a society that, with ong>theong> end of ong>theong> gold rush, was already in decline.

Wuthering Heights: Port House Illustrated

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bronte, Emily, PUBLISHER: Random House Value Publishing, Wuong>theong>ring Heights, first published in , ong>theong> year before ong>theong> author's death at ong>theong> age of thirty, endures today as perhaps ong>theong> most powerful and intensely original novel in ong>theong> English language. ong>Theong> epic story of Caong>theong>rine and Heathcliff plays out against ong>theong> dramatic backdrop of ong>theong> wild English moors, and presents an astonishing metaphysical vision of fate and ong>obsessionong>, passion and revenge. "Only Emily Bronte," V. S. Pritchett said, "exposes her imagination to ong>theong> dark spirit." And Virginia Woolf wrote, "Hers...is ong>theong> rarest of all powers. She could free life from its dependence on facts...by speaking of ong>theong> moor make ong>theong> wind blow and ong>theong> thunder roar." This edition also includes Charlotte Bronte's original Introduction. "From ong>theong> Trade Paperback edition."

Drums Along the Congo: On the Trail of Mokele-Mbembe, the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nugent, Rory, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, In ong>theong> heart of ong>theong> Congo, in ong>theong> deep waters of Lake Tele, is rumored to live a dinosaur-like creature called Mokel-Mbembe, ong>theong> god-beast. Rory Nugent investigates..."ong>Theong> best book on Africa in Years" -Guardian "Anoong>theong>r home run for Nugent" -Boston Globe "Nugent proves himself one of our best travel writers" -L.A. Times

The Wheel of Time Coin Tar Valon

From ong>Theong> Wheel of Time comes this nickel-silver coin in a blister packaging. ong>Theong> obverse features ong>theong> face of Deane Aryman, holding a flame on her open palm, flanked by seven stars and wearing ong>theong> stole of ong>theong> Amyrlin Seat, striped with seven colors.ong>Theong> reverse side features ong>theong> ancient symbol of ong>theong> Ouroboros, ong>theong> snake eating it?s own tail, used to symbolize eternity. In ong>theong> center is ong>theong> Flame of Tar Valon, official symbol of ong>theong> White Tower and ong>theong> Amyrlin Seat.

The Minpins

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dahl, Roald / Benson, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Puffin Books, Little Billy strays into ong>theong> forest, where he meets ong>theong> Minpinsatiny people who live within ong>theong> trees. ong>Theong> Minpins tell Billy about ong>Theong> Gruncher, who preys on ong>theong>m. So Billy embarks on a mission to rid ong>theong> Minpins of ong>theong>ir foe once and for all, and sets offaon ong>theong> back of a swanato confront ong>Theong> Gruncher.

The Novels of Mrs. Aphra Behn

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Behn, Aphra, PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press, Contents--ong>Theong> Royal Slave; ong>Theong> Fair Jilt; ong>Theong> Nun; Agnes de Castro; ong>Theong> Lover's Watch; ong>Theong> Case for ong>theong> Watch; ong>Theong> Lady's Looking-Glass to Dress Herself By; ong>Theong> Lucky Mistake; ong>Theong> Court of ong>theong> King of Bantam; ong>Theong> Adventure of ong>theong> Black Lady.

The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Deford, Frank, PUBLISHER: Northword Press, In this exciting new book, award-winning sports writer and commentator Frank Deford captures ong>theong> inspirational stories of many of ong>theong> greatest athletes and teams to appear on a Wheaties box. For more than 75 years, ong>theong> Wheaties box has celebrated ong>theong> essence of being a champion: ong>theong> character of excellence, ong>theong> spirit of achievement, and ong>theong> triumph of determination.

The British Campaign in France and Flanders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doyle, Arthur Conan, PUBLISHER: University Press of ong>theong> Pacific, CONTENTS: January to July ong>Theong> Battle of ong>theong> Somme Attack of ong>theong> Seventh and Eight Corps on Gommecourt, Serre, and Beaumont Hamel Attack of ong>theong> Tenth and Third Corps, July ong>Theong> Attack of ong>theong> Fifteenth and Thirteenth Corps, July From July 2 to July ong>Theong> Breaking of ong>theong> Second Line. July July 14 to July 31 ong>Theong> Operations of Gough's Army upon ong>theong> Norong>theong>rn Flank up to September 15 August 1 to September 15 Breaking ong>theong> Third Line, September 15 From September 15 to ong>theong> Battle of ong>theong> Ancre ong>Theong> Gaining of ong>theong> Thiepval Ridge ong>Theong> Battle of ong>theong> Ancre. November

Avenging Angels

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brandt, Lyle, PUBLISHER: Berkley, ong>Theong> so-called homestead killers have been cutting a bloody swath across Oklahoma Territory, leaving behind a trail of corpses, slaughtering whole families on isolated farms and stealing ong>theong>ir livestock. Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade has been given ong>theong> job of bringing back ong>theong> butchers -- alive. Slade follows ong>theong> trail of bloodshed to ong>theong> town of Paradise, where ong>theong> citizens are up in arms, suspecting ong>theong> Cherokees on a local reservation of committing ong>theong> savagery.

I figli dell'aquila

Giampaolo Pansa On ong>theong> young Fascist militants who chose to fight, in , in ong>theong> army of ong>theong> Repubblica sociale italiana (Republic of Salò) of which ong>theong> eagle was symbol. (cod. I_)

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Praying with Clare of Assisi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Ramona, PUBLISHER: Word Among Us Press, Clare of Assisi, holding fast to ong>theong> truth of ong>theong> gospel, modeled her life on ong>theong> humanity of Jesus who, as she said, "was placed poor in ong>theong> crib, lived poor in ong>theong> world, and remained poor on ong>theong> cross." Nobles and peasants sought her prayers, advice, and healing touch.

Reframing Organizational Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frost, Peter J. / Louis, Meryl Reis / Moore, Larry F., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), With this follow-up to Organizational Culture (Sage ), ong>theong> editors continue ong>theong>ir study of ong>theong> interaction between investigation and ong>theong> subject of inquiry. ong>Theong> editors have included a variety of frames as tools that allow readers to examine any empirical piece on organizational culture on its own merits - as good research - while at ong>theong> same time, permit viewing it from oong>theong>r perspectives as well. Combined with a unique emphasis on process, this volume also includes ong>reflectionsong> from ong>theong> editors, pointing out ong>theong>ir values, biases, beliefs, perceptions and experiences in research, and lending a human dimension to ong>theong> research process.

Homer's the Odyssey

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Homer, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents ong>theong> most important 20th-century criticism on major works from ong>Theong> Odyssey through modern literature -- ong>Theong> critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on ong>theong> contributing critics, a chronology of ong>theong> author's life, and an index

Stories Out of School: Memories and Reflections on Care and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Paul, James L. / Smith, Terry Jo / Paul, James L., PUBLISHER: Ablex Publishing Corporation, ong>Theong> changes in how we understand and study teaching and learning are uneven. Strongly held beliefs support ong>theong> changes and equally strongly held beliefs challenge ong>theong>m. However, ong>theong> discourse about teaching and learning and our understandings of ong>theong> nature of educational research have changed raong>theong>r dramatically in ong>theong> last two decades. ong>Theong>se changes form ong>theong> context for ong>theong> work described in this book on stories out of school-adult memories of ong>theong>ir teachers. ong>Theong> authors have been guided by ong>theong> work of Jackson (), Noddings (), Eisner (), Palmer (), Coles (), and Lindley (), among oong>theong>rs, who have focused on ong>theong> qualities of life experienced by children, particularly in ong>theong> classroom. Interests have centered on memory, meaning, and ong>theong> self in relationship. Using a database of letters written by adults (most of whom are teachers or are preparing to be teachers) to ong>theong>ir former teachers, ong>theong> authors examine ong>theong> interpersonal spaces shared by teachers and students and ong>theong> kinds of unacknowledged pedagogies created in those spaces. ong>Theong>y are interested in ong>theong> ethics of experienced pedagogies and ong>theong> implications of those pedagogies for educating teachers.

Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallman, J. Matong>theong>w, PUBLISHER: Kent State University Press, Norong>theong>rners at War brings togeong>theong>r noted historian J. Matong>theong>w Gallman's most significant essays on ong>theong> economic, social, and domestic aspects of life in ong>theong> North during ong>theong> Civil War. Gallman tackles a range of Civil War home front topics--from urban violence and Gettysburg's wartime history to entrepreneurial endeavors and ong>theong> war's economic impact. He also examines gender issues, with a fascinating review of ong>theong> career of orator Anna E. Dickinson and an insightful examination of how norong>theong>rners used gendered notions of masculinity in rhetoric to recruit African American soldiers. A noteworthy contribution to our understanding of ong>theong> home front, Norong>theong>rners at War is indispensible to those interested in ong>theong> Civil War era.

The New Age Cult

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, Walter, PUBLISHER: Bethany House Publishers, Based on thirty-five years of study on ong>theong> New Age Movement, ong>theong> foremost expert on cults addresses ong>theong> No. 1 controversy within ong>theong> church today. An invaluable reference work for scholar and layperson alike.

The History of the Comstock Lode

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Grant / Tingley, Joseph V., PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press, A complete history of mining operations on ong>theong> Comstock from to ong>theong> present day.

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